The Call

April 1 2004 we got a call from Teresa asking wether or not we would  consider a sib group? Kinda ironic that today of all days to get a call. There was a 3-year-old  boy and his 9 month old baby sister available for adoption and our profile looked very promising. We began meeting with the children’s case worker to talk about their background and some of the potential needs they…

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Foster Care

We got our first placement on July 19 2004, 3 months after we switched to straight foster care.I got the call from Brenda saying there was a newborn infant getting discharged from the hospital the following morning. So this was it finally after 8 years a baby would be here. I rushed to the store to get anything and everything we could need, I was beyond excited. I called Kevin about the…

Adoption or Foster that is the question

” But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take in hand. The victims commit themselves to you ; you are the helper of the fatherless” Psalm 10:14   After our fertility treatments I took some time to self reflect,do I want to be pregnant ….. or did I want to be a mother?  In November 2002 we started researching our adoption options we…

Pregnancy or Bust

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.  “ Psalm 46 1-3″ We spent most of 2001 2002 in a fertility clinic recommended by my family doctor there we were both tested and advised on the procedure we would take. I first heard about the drug…

The Beginning

“The lord will vindicate me; your love Lord, endures forever do not abandon the works of your hands” Psalm 138:8 My husband and I have been married for 16 years now we were married in a beautiful church in Cour D’ Alene Idaho on August 5 1997. Our journey to start a family came 2 years later, by that time we were ready but little did we know just how…